Vurberk Castle can be seen from the main Maribor to Ptuj road, perched high on a hill otherwise covered with first vineyards then, higher up, a rich forest. With its white walls and red roof I often wondered if there was a castle there but couldn't be sure until one day when, looking for a new place to go walking, I spotted the castle marked on a map. Vurberk is on the northern side of the Drava, on the southern edge of the Slovenske Gorice and our first attempt to visit it had to be aborted when we learned that the only places to cross the river are at Maribor and Ptuj. We were asking the waiter at a gostilna in Starse, from where you can see the castle ...  Read the complete review